Giving up something is always going to be the hard at the start, not that it doesn’t have its moments later on; sometimes with diets, it is easy to be enthusiastic at the beginning as the weight falls away but the plateau period after a few weeks can be the hardest point.  Anyone who has tried to quit smoking will tell you that the first week is the hardest due to the physical and psychological effects of nicotine withdrawal.  Pearl Chemist Group offer Stop Smoking Services in Mitcham to help support quitters with advice, information and intervention products to manage nicotine withdrawal.

How does quitting smoking affects smokers in that critical first week?
Here are some of the most common symptoms reported by people in the first week after they have quit smoking:-

  • flu-like symptoms, cough and runny nose
  • irritable nature
  • restlessness
  • anxiety
  • feeling low or depressed
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